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.\" Title: amfetchdump
.\" Author: John Stange <building@nap.edu>
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-.\" Date: 11/05/2009
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 01/10/2013
.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
-.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1p2
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.3
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AMFETCHDUMP" "8" "11/05/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p2" "System Administration Commands"
+.TH "AMFETCHDUMP" "8" "01/10/2013" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.3" "System Administration Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
-amfetchdump \- extract backup images from multiple \fIAmanda\fR tapes\&.
+amfetchdump \- extract backup images from multiple Amanda tapes\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBamfetchdump\fR\ 'u
-\fBamfetchdump\fR [\-pcClawns] [\-d\ \fIdevice\fR] [\-O\ \fIdirectory\fR] [\-b\ \fIblocksize\fR] \fIconfig\fR \fIhostname\fR [\fIdisk\fR\ [\ \fIdate\fR\ [\ \fIlevel\fR\ [\ \fIhostname\fR\ [\&.\&.\&.]\ ]\ ]\ ]] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]...
+\fBamfetchdump\fR [\-c | \-C | \-l] [\-p | \-n] [\-a] [\-O\ \fIdirectory\fR] [\-d\ \fIdevice\fR] [\-h | \-\-header\-file\ \fIfilename\fR | \-\-header\-fd\ \fIfd\fR] [\-\-decompress | \-\-no\-decompress | \-\-server\-decompress | \-\-client\-decompress] [\-\-extract\ \-\-directory\fI\ directory\fR\ [\-\-data\-path\fI\ amanda|directtcp\fR]\ [\-\-application\-property\ \fINAME=VALUE\fR]*] [\-\-decrypt | \-\-no\-decrypt | \-\-server\-decrypt | \-\-client\-decrypt] [\-\-exact_match] [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...] \fIconfig\fR \fIhostname\fR [\fIdisk\fR\ [\ \fIdate\fR\ [\ \fIlevel\fR\ [\ \fIhostname\fR\ [\&.\&.\&.]\ ]\ ]\ ]]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBAmfetchdump\fR
-pulls one or more matching dumps from tape or from the holding disk, handling the reassembly of multi\-tape split dump files as well as any tape autochanger operations\&.
+pulls one or more matching dumps from tape or from the holding disk, handling the reassembly of multi\-tape split dump files as well as any tape autochanger operations\&. The dump are by default decompressed and decrypted\&.
.PP
-It will automatically use the logs created by
-\fBamdump\fR(8)
-to locate available dumps on tape, in the same way that the
+It will automatically use the Amanda catalog to locate available dumps on tape, in the same way that the
\fBfind\fR
feature of
\fBamadmin\fR(8)
-lists available dumps\&. If these logs are unavailable, it can search tape\-by\-tape to find what it needs, and can generate new logs to serve as an emergency tape inventory\&.
+lists available dumps\&.
.PP
The
\fIhostname\fR,
\fIdiskname\fR,
\fIdatestamp\fR, and
\fIlevel\fR
-dump pattern\-matching works as in
-\fBamrestore\fR(8), with the added requirement that at minimum a
+dump specifications are further described in
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7)\&. Note that at minimum a
\fIhostname\fR
-must be specified when not in inventory mode\&.
+must be specified\&.
.PP
Unless
\fB\-p\fR
is used, backup images are extracted to files in the current directory named:
.PP
+If a changer error occurs, or the
+\fB\-d\fR
+option is given, then amfetchdump prompts for each required volume\&.
+.PP
\fIhostname\&.diskname\&.datestamp\&.dumplevel\fR
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fIstdout\fR, instead of writing the file to disk\&. This will restore only the first matching dumpfile (where "first" is determined by the dump log search facility)\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-d\fR \fIdevice\fR
+\fB\-h\fR
.RS 4
-Restore from this tape device instead of the default\&.
+Output the amanda header as a 32K block to same output as the image\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-header\-fd\fR \fIfd\fR
+.RS 4
+Output the amanda header to the numbered file descriptor\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-header\-file\fR \fIfilename\fR
+.RS 4
+Output the amanda header to the filename\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-d\fR \fIdevice_or_changer\fR
+.RS 4
+Restore from this device or changer instead of the default, prompting for each volume\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-O\fR \fIdirectory\fR
Compress output, smallest file size method available\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-l\fR
+\fB\-\-decompress\fR
.RS 4
-Leave dumps in the compressed/uncompressed state in which they were found on tape\&. By default,
-\fBamfetchdump\fR
-will automatically uncompress when restoring\&.
+Always do the decompression, this is the default\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-a\fR
+\fB\-\-no\-decompress\fR
.RS 4
-Assume that all tapes are already available, via tape changer or otherwise, instead of prompting the operator to ensure that all tapes are loaded\&.
+Never do the decompression\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-server\-decompress\fR
+.RS 4
+Do the decompression only if the compression was done on the server\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-client\-decompress\fR
+.RS 4
+Do the decompression only if the compression was done on the client\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-decrypt\fR
+.RS 4
+Always do the decryption, this is the default\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-no\-decrypt\fR
+.RS 4
+Never do the decryption\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-server\-decrypt\fR
+.RS 4
+Do the decryption only if the encryption was done on the server\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-client\-decrypt\fR
+.RS 4
+Do the decryption only if the encryption was done on the client\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-exact\-match\fR
+.RS 4
+The host and disk are parsed as exact values
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-extract\fR
+.RS 4
+Extract the backup on the server in the
+\fIdirectory\fR
+directory\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-w\fR
+\fB\-\-directory\fR \fIdirectory\fR
.RS 4
-Wait to put split dumps together until all chunks have been restored\&. Normally,
-\fBamfetchdump\fR
-will attempt to read pieces of a split file from tape in order, so that it can assemble them simply by appending each file to the first\&. This option disables the appending behavior, and instead restores each piece as an individual file and reassembles them only after all have been restored\&.
-.if n \{\
+Where to extract the backup with the
+\fB\-\-extract\fR
+option\&.
.sp
-.\}
+Warning: All files in that directory can be removed\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-data\-path\fR amanda|directtcp
.RS 4
-.it 1 an-trap
-.nr an-no-space-flag 1
-.nr an-break-flag 1
-.br
-.ps +1
-\fBNote\fR
-.ps -1
-.br
-This requires at least double the size of your dump in free disk space, in order to build the final assembled dumpfile\&.
-.sp .5v
+The data path to use with
+\fB\-\-extract\fR, the default is to use the fatest data path\&.
.RE
-This behavior is implicitly invoked in circumstances where knowing the location of all dumps on tape in advance is not possible, such as when you are restoring without log files\&.
+.PP
+\fB\-\-application\-property\fR \fINAME=VALUE\fR
+.RS 4
+Application property to send to the application with
+\fB\-\-extract\&.\fR
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-n\fR
+\fB\-l\fR
.RS 4
-Do not reassemble split dump files at all, just restore each piece as an individual file\&.
+Leave dumps in the compressed/uncompressed and encrypted/unencrypted state in which they were found on tape\&. It is a synonym for
+\fB\-\-no\-decompression\fR
+\fB\-\-no\-decryption\fR
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-s\fR
+\fB\-a\fR
.RS 4
-Do not fast\-forward straight to needed files on tape\&. This will slow down most restores substantially\&. Only use this option if your tape drive does not properly support the fast\-forward operation\&.
+Assume that all tapes are already available, via tape changer or otherwise, instead of prompting the operator to ensure that all tapes are loaded\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-b\fR \fIblocksize\fR
+\fB\-n\fR
.RS 4
-Force a particular block size when reading from tapes\&. This value will usually be autodetected, and should not normally need to be set\&.
+Do not reassemble split dump files at all, just restore each piece as an individual file\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
All the examples here assume your configuration is called
\fISetA\fR\&.
.PP
-Here\'s a simple case, restoring all known dumps of the host vanya to the current working directory\&.
+Here\*(Aqs a simple case, restoring all known dumps of the host vanya to the current working directory\&.
.nf
$ amfetchdump SetA vanya
.fi
.PP
-A more likely scenario involves restoring a particular dump from a particular date\&. We\'ll pipe this one to
+A more likely scenario involves restoring a particular dump from a particular date\&. We\*(Aqll pipe this one to
\fBGNU\-tar\fR
as well, to automatically extract the dump\&.
.nf
.SH "CAVEATS"
.PP
\fBAmfetchdump\fR
-is dependent on accessing your server\'s config, tape changer, and (normally) dump logs\&. As such, it\'s not necessarily the most useful tool when those have all been wiped out and you desperately need to pull things from your tape\&. Pains have been taken to make it as capable as possible, but for seriously minimialist restores, look to
+is dependent on accessing your server\*(Aqs config, tape changer, and (normally) dump logs\&. As such, it\*(Aqs not necessarily the most useful tool when those have all been wiped out and you desperately need to pull things from your tape\&. Pains have been taken to make it as capable as possible, but for seriously minimialist restores, look to
\fBamrestore\fR(8)
or
\fBdd\fR(8)
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBamanda\fR(8),
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7),
\fBamadmin\fR(8),
-\fBamrestore\fR(8),
-\fBtar\fR(1),
-\fBrestore\fR(8),
-: http://wiki.zmanda.com
+\fBamrestore\fR(8)
+.PP
+The Amanda Wiki:
+: http://wiki.zmanda.com/
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBJohn Stange\fR <\&building@nap\&.edu\&>
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